July 28, 2015, 3:18PM

Inaccuracies in a police description of a missing girl given to TriMet dispatch -- including the color and style of her clothing, as well as her name -- helped prevent a bus driver from immediately identifying her.

July 06, 2015, 4:34PM

Just before 10 p.m. on July 4, officers responded to the accident at Southeast 60th Avenue and Holgate Boulevard and found Marlene Popps, 60, with traumatic injuries. Police hope this video will lead to the capture of the driver, a spokesman said on July 6.

May 26, 2015, 12:35PM

In a mostly low-key way, police begin moving people of out entrenched homeless camps in the Central Eastside Industrial District and other spots around Portland. Police say the effort is an attempt to pair the homeless with social services and housing.

May 07, 2015, 10:55PM

Lt. Paul Weatheroy retired Thursday, May 7, 2015, after a 29-year career with the Portland Police Bureau. He said the most rewarding work was diving into cold case homicides. He also supervised the Cold Case Unit as a sergeant.

April 29, 2015, 4:14PM

Jim Young, a member of the Citizen Review Committee's use of deadly force work group, urges Portland Police Chief Larry O'Dea to support some reforms intended to increase public confidence in the police force and its investigations of officer-involved shootings and deaths in custody.

April 10, 2015, 2:05PM

Dontae Mathis Sr. Friday praised Portland police for not shooting his son, 16-year-old Donate Mathis Jr., who fired gunshots outside East Precinct on March 14 and is now facing a nine-count indictment charging him with attempted murder and attempted assault.

March 05, 2015, 4:22PM

Gizelle Holiman, mother of Quintrell Holiman, spoke out Thursday, March 5, 2015, urging her son's friends not to commit further violence in the wake of her son's suicide death. Her son shot and killed himself after he was cornered by police after firing at two Portland police officers outside a Southeast Portland strip club.

March 03, 2015, 2:24PM

A rap of life north of Portlandia, performed by 18-year-old De La Salle North Christian High School student D.J. Simpson (on right) and math teacher/Rabbi Brian Mayer at a youth forum held March 3, 2015, with Mayor Charlie Hales, Portland Police Chief Larry O'Dea and retired Oregon chief justice Paul DeMuniz.

January 27, 2015, 11:21AM

Sgt. Pete Simpson explains why police decided to walk away from North Portland apartment, where they were called Tuesday morning on a report of a man armed with a knife suffering a mental health crisis.

January 27, 2015, 9:35AM

Portland police continue to surround an apartment complex in North Portland where officers believe a man suffering a mental health crisis has barricaded himself, along with a woman. Portland police Sgt. Pete Simpson offers an update on the situation.